Mardi Gras Central   

Our News Room is now Open!

   June 09, 2009 ..... Our news room has always been sort of sparse with new information, however since we have had the time to restart the site and gather information we should be able to keep track of what's going on out there!

We have redone the news room and you should be pleased with the new format. Since we need funds to run this site, and no one is donating funds to keep it online, we will have to place ads at the doorway. Unless you're interested in the ad, please wait until the ad finishes appearing before you click to remove it!

Hammond, Louisiana .......( Monday, June 8, 2009 ) It has been in the works for sometime but finally the last pieces of gear are about to be put into place to launch Mardi Gras Radio in time for the summer of events and news that will define the upcoming 2010 season! 

Clark Companies of N.C., Inc., has announced that sometime in the next 60 to 90 days they will formally launch their newest venture Mardi Gras Radio and it's website to desktop listeners across the Gulf coast so they can bring Louisiana music, talk, and Mardi Gras news on an eight hour a day schedule to start expanding as they can to a full 24/7 format!

 "We've been planning this day for quite sometime", said Webmaster, and Station Mgr. Willie Clark. " We're just waiting now on the last pieces of gear to come in and be installed. We have asked local song writer Arden Lo, to write our Radio station's theme, and we have heard some great takes, it needs work, but we think the theme is almost complete. We'll be debuting that soon as well!

"Meanwhile you can visit, Mardi Gras Radio. com and listen to the jukebox, which we will fill completely up on July 7, 2009.

"We then turn our full attention to putting together a killer website and getting Digest back to the core business of gathering the news of Carnival from across the Gulf Coast."

New Zulu King Elect for the 2010 Season!

New Orleans, La. ......Saturday, May 30, 2009 Members of the famed Zulu SAPC, overwhelmingly elected one of their own to serve in the post of the club's monarch for the upcoming 2010 season.  

 Zulu brother Jimmie Felder, was elected King Zulu 2010 and will lead the club's 101 annual Mardi Gras Day Parade, on February 

Pensacola Krewe honors their new president

 The Krewe of Aphrodite recently honored their new president JoAnn Holm with a party at the home of Bernie and Dorothy Jacobs. The members and their spouses enjoyed a variety of foods, and musical entertainment was provided by Bill Taylor. Sandra Buck, outgoing president, presented a skit honoring Holm.

In these tough times, Captains can't over look anything!

  June 8, 2009    These are tough times, and with every penny being watched like a hawk, the BBQ's and Fish Fry's wearing very thin in attendance, you would think these captains wouldn't miss a trick to turn a dollar. 

 However, there are a fist full of dollars that are escaping the krewes with websites! Ads, why don't these guys get out here and solicit the businesses for ads?

Why aren't the krewes hitting up the business community for donations, and trying to offer a service at the same time? I don't get it! If I were a Krewe captain with a budget problem I would be hitting up the large corporations for all kinds of cash.

Attention All Organizations!

Annual Call for Ball Reports and Stories with Photos!

Please Read

Why Mardi Gras may never see Corporate Sponsorships!

While it may have been a good idea, it is something that has never really been thought needed by the ruling class, until now!

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A New Count of Tribes shows Net Increase 

The number of the infamous Mardi Gras Indians have gotten a lot larger since we took a hard look after Katrina.

 Tambourine & Fan Parades on a 2 week delayed "Super Sunday"

Economy has or will force many Organizations to curtail events for 2010!

 Across the Gulf Coast ...Many clubs and organizations are still feeling the pinch of this crazy economy, and have either decided to cut back on events  because of budget shortfalls or  area crisis. We'll try to keep track of them here so you can make plans to attend other celebrations this coming season.

 Krewe of Aquila - Metairie

 Krewe of Shangri-La - New Orleans

 Krewe of Pericles - Hammond

 Krewe of  Solomon - Jacksonville, Fla.

 Krewe of  Melinos  -  Moss Point, Ala

 Krewe of Gladiators - Chalmette, LA.

 Krewe of Scorpions - Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

 Knights of Madison - Clayton, MS.